#1 The Battle School at Barnard Castle was originally the 47th Infantry Division Battle School and so well run that it became the GHQ Home Forces Central Battle School for Training battle school instructors. It was then renamed the School of Infantry, and its first commanders and Chief Instructors' names are on the boards at HQ School of Infantry at Catterick. GHQ Battle School

#2 Before WW2 there was no specialist school of Infantry. Infantry officers passing out from RMAS might attend a period of instruction in their regimental deport before joining their battalion, but this would not include tactical training. The idea of centralised training in army wide methods was new. The army was shocked by its perceived weaknesses exposed by the 1939-40 campaign and, to a certain extent shamed into action by the effective and inspirational training given to the Home Guard at Osterley Park set up by Communist veterans of the Spanish Civil War.

The Prime Minister Winston Churchill and General Sir Bernard Paget (Commander-in-Chief of Home Forces) watch infantry soldiers demonstrating on a battle course at a school of infantry at Barnard Castle, Country Durham on 4 December 1942.